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desirability of an amendment of the law" in the direction
indicated, and stating that" before considering as to any recommendation
to the Board " they desired to learn the views of the
Sanitary Authorities upon the subject, and inviting suggestions.
At the meeting of the Board held August 3rd, 1888, the Committee
presented their report, as follows :—
"Your Committee have considered the letter referred by the Board on the
25th November last from the Vestry of Kensington, representing
the desirability of an amendment of the law so as to enable Vestries
and District Boards to enforce the abolition of dust-bins in such
districts as may be deemed expedient, and the substitution, in lieu
thereof, of approved moveable receptacles ; asking the Board to
take such steps in the matter as may appear desirable, and transmitting
copy of a report by the Wharves and Plant Committee of
the Vestry on the subject. Your Committee have given careful
attention to this matter, and have now to report that in their
opinion it is not desirable to promote the suggested legislation.
Your Committee recommend the Board to adopt that view, and to
inform the Vestry of Kensington accordingly."
Amendments proposing (1) that the report be referred
back for further consideration, (2) that your "Vestry be furnished
with a copy of the replies received from the Vestries, etc., on
the subject, and (3) that a copy of the report be sent to all of
the Vestries, etc., were successively moved and rejected. The
report of the Committee was approved, the mover of it remarking
that the local Boards had already sufficient power to deal
with the matter themselves—a statement which would seem to
be borne out by the statement of another member, that the
Poplar District Board had in use many thousand pails, and
that the system appeared to work well. Nothing can well be
more objectionable than the system of dust-harbourage in
what may be called the statutory brick receptacles, and it would
be satisfactory were Parliament to confer upon the Sanitary
Authorities the powers your Vestry desire to obtain. Meanwhile,
I am not aware of any reason why the excellent suggestions of
the Wharves and Plant Committee, upon which your Vestry's
application to the Board was based, should not be carried out,
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